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The Gate
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"No one can make nothingness this exciting than Sōseki." May 26, 2013 03:15AM

 
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"The magnitude of a lie - and the enormity of its repercussions - can only be truly felt by the liar. For one particular liar alone at sea, this proved to be fatal." May 07, 2013 01:47AM

 
Brave Story
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"Reads like a looong Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy RPG. I don't usually like fantasy but modern fantasy (I. E. traversing worlds ala Vision of Escaflowne) I can stomach despite the ridiculous names." Mar 07, 2013 06:58AM

 
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Yukio Mishima
“Dreams, memories, the sacred--they are all alike in that they are beyond our grasp. Once we are even marginally separated from what we can touch, the object is sanctified; it acquires the beauty of the unattainable, the quality of the miraculous. Everything, really, has this quality of sacredness, but we can desecrate it at a touch. How strange man is! His touch defiles and yet he contains the source of miracles.”
Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow

George Orwell
“Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell

Natsume Sōseki
“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”
Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki
“I am an inconsistent creature. Perhaps it is the pressure of my past, and not my own perverse mind, that has made me into this contradictory being. I am all too well aware of this fault in myself. You must forgive me.”
Sōseki Natsume, Kokoro

Natsume Sōseki
“I often laughed, and you often gave me a dissatisfied look, till you pressed me to unfold my past before you as if it were a roll of pictures. It was then I felt respect for you. Because you unreservedly showed me your resolution to catch something alive in my being, and to sip the warm blood running in my body, by cutting my heart. At that time, I was still living, and did not want to die. So I rejected your request, promising to satisfy you some day. Now I am going to destroy my heart myself, and pour my blood into your veins. I shall be happy if a new life can enter into your bosom, when my heart has stopped beating.”
Natsume Soseki, Kokoro
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